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When Cultural Expression Threatens Professional Opportunities

My teenage son wants to get tattoos that honor our Polynesian culture but I worry it will limit his job prospects in corporate America.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The desire to honor ancestral traditions conflicts with economic pragmatism in a society that penalizes cultural difference.

Ideas that help explain it
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“Where Are You with Cultural assimilation vs. preservation?”

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